April 6, 2026
From crush tags to campus cops
Got kicked out of uni and had the cops called for a social media website I made
Viral IIT gossip site triggers 3am chaos—students cheer, admins call cops
TLDR: A student’s anonymous IIT Delhi gossip site went viral overnight, then drew campus security and cyber police calls. Commenters split between “free speech vs. overreaction” and “anonymous harassment is still harm,” with many saying the creator’s tone and use of the college name and email system made trouble inevitable.
A student at India’s IIT Delhi launched a late‑night gossip site that auto‑made profiles for every student, let anyone post anonymous comments, and even tagged people as “has dated,” “crushing on,” or “haters.” It blew up instantly—hundreds of signups, a 3am frenzy, and inboxes pinging with email alerts. Then came the fallout: an angry campus power player, threats, campus security at 4:30am, and a call from the cyber police by breakfast. Cue fireworks.
The comments section? On fire. One camp says the creator’s swagger and insults nuked any moral high ground—“mouth of a sailor” energy and “infantile” writing made folks doubt his story. Another camp argues the freak‑out proves society polices online speech differently than real‑life chatter—one commenter’s “clipboard at a bar” analogy became the thread’s catchphrase for overreaction. The middle ground calls it a preventable mess: don’t use the college’s name, don’t scrape everyone’s info, and definitely don’t blast official emails like a gossip siren.
Strongest takes clash over free speech vs. harm: defenders see a campus Roast Night, critics see anonymous harassment with a school’s branding stamped on top. Meanwhile, the peanut gallery cracked jokes about the campus discipline committee named “DISCO”—as in, he built a party and got bounced. It’s messy, it’s viral, it’s campus drama in 4K.
Key Points
- •The creator launched iitsocial.com, scraping IIT Delhi student data to auto-generate profiles.
- •The site allowed anonymous accounts, comments, and tagging under relationship/affinity categories, with email notifications to official IITD addresses.
- •Within hours, the site saw rapid growth (300 accounts in 1 hour; ~10 posts/min by 3 a.m., over a thousand viewers).
- •Complaints led to calls from an IIT Delhi assistant security officer and later the Delhi Cyber Police; takedown was requested/suggested.
- •The creator refused to take the site down and was warned of possible disciplinary action; the excerpt ends after a call from the main security office.